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Salvador Perez

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Salvy Perez is from the Molina School of Swag, with some of the best sets of catcher’s gear on the planet. He’s also pretty good at baseball, too, starting behind the dish for the American League All Stars at just 24 years old. The Gold Glove Venezuelan helped lead his Royals to the playoffs (and the World Series) for the first time since 1985. Here’s a kind of time capsule to show just how long ago that was:

That’s a real magazine cover that ran on August 1, 1985. I have no words. Kansas City must be pretty pumped.